Search Results: Authors starting with L from Itchen Books

Very good. Signed by author. Aside from the authorial inscription, no other writing. 48pp. Inscribed by the author to the title page in English and French.

Undated, but c1900. Black/white plates and text lithographic illustrations by E. Stuart Hardy. Good condition, missing blank front endpaper. No inscriptions. Boards and spine rather rubbed. Internally 'Very Good' condition.

[vii]-xxviii, 720pp. 2nd (Revised) edition of the English translation (First published in French in as De l'Auscultation mĂ©diate (1819), with the 1st English language edition of only 500 copies in 1821). 8 engraved plates by John Pope Vibert (Plates iv and v bound in incorrect order, but both present). Lacking frontispiece portrait of the author and advertising leaf. Title page foxed with tape repairs. Otherwise, largely clean and tightly bound with occasional edge repairs.Laennec's invention of the stethoscope, which he announced in his 1819 treatise, provided the first adequate method for diagnosing diseases of the thorax and represented the greatest advance in physical diagnosis between Auenbrugger's percussion and Röentgen's discovery of x-rays. The publication of this book revolutionized the study of diseases of the thoracic organs. The second edition is even more important, since it gives not only the various physical signs elicited in the chest, but adds the pathological anatomy, diagnosis,… Read More

True UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing, with number "1" to copyright page. Handsigned (with no inscription / dedication) to the title page by the author. Very Good, unread condition, with no other inscriptions. In Very Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price ÂŁ14.99).

True UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing, with number "1" to copyright page. Handsigned (with no inscription / dedication) to the title page by the author. Very Good, unread condition, with no other inscriptions. In Very Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price ÂŁ12.99).

71pp. 71 coloured illustrations from the sketches by William Francis Freelove. Very Good+ condition, with no inscriptions. In Very Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price ÂŁ1.95).

Pre-publication proof of the UK 1st Edition with complete numberline 1-10 to copyright page. Very good condition with no inscriptions.

UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing , with numberline 1-10 to copyright page. Very Good, clean condition, with no inscriptions. In Very Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price ÂŁ14.99).

2x disbound printed letters. 6pp and 11pp (Paginated 296-311). Good condition, with occasional separation of the pages. No inscriptions. "A Letter to the Rev. Herbert Marsh, D.D. F.R.S. Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, In Confutation of His Opinion That the Dissenters are aiming at the Subversion of the Religious Establishment of this Country, in order to possess its Honours and Emoluments, and to establish their own Forms of Worship. By A Protestant Dissenter and a Layman"&"A Letter of Explanation to the Dissenter and Layman, who has lately addressed himself to the author on the Views of the Protestant Dissenters : in which the Author's opinion, as it was stated by himself, is contrasted with the opinion ascribed to him, and the Authorities are produced on which his opinion was founded. By Herbert Marsh, D.D.F.R.S, Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge".

Scarce. First Boston Edition, 1856. (First performed at the Haymarket, London, 1837). Ink name 'Fred McFarren' to head of first page. Wrappers significantly worn / soiled. Marginal tears, dust marks and corner creases to internal pages.

True UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing with numberline 1-9 to copyright page. Handsigned in black ink to a special "Signed by the Author" preliminary page. No dedications or other inscriptions. Very Good+, clean tight condition. In Very Good+ original unclipped dustwrapper. The wrapper has a non-adhesive, acid-free, transparent protector which has a "Waterstones Signed Exclusive Edition" sticker to the front panel.The author's first novel.

Original complete volume of Life and Letters for January 1935. Very Good complete condition. Includes;"Affairs of Men""6,000 Miles Through Soviet Russia" by Leo Lania"The Warning" by Mary Butts"Vestigia""Hyde Park" by George Buchanan"Death Comes for the Flute-Player" by A.A Kisby"Mud" by Richard Church"In Defence of Elia" by Elian"Oxford Life and Letters 1917 - 1918""Edward" by H.H Bashford"An Escape" by Martin Armstrong"Public Libraries and Fiction"Reviews, Advertisements etc

French language. Generally clean/complete, with handwritten "33" to margin of Page 2, and unobtrusive marginal tear to leading page edges.

UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing with "First Published 2019" and "001" to copyright page. Handsigned (not dedicated) by the author to a special "Exclusive signed edition" preliminary page bearing the printed date "August 2019". No other inscriptions. Very Good+, unread condition, in Very Good+ original dustwrapper, which is not price-clipped.Longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize. Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize.

Original illustrated souvenir film programme 10'' x 7½'' with Ramon Navarro crossed armed in full film dress to the front cover. Contains 28 printed pages of text with monochrome photo stills from the 1927 MGM film, illustrated advertisements and prize crossword still intact. Includes text and statistics on how the 'Ben-Hur' chariot race was filmed. Throughout the programme Navarro is referred to as 'Ramon Novarro'. Good+ condition with no writing. Light vertical crease, and some markings to covers including where the paper seal at the leading edge has been removed. Clean and bright internally.

A collection of Libanus Press ephemeral items in Very Good condition (2 of these are uncredited); 1. Libanus Press - Katharine House - The Parade - Marlborough - Wiltshire compliments card 2. Libanus Press - Rose Tree House - Silverless Street-Marlborough - Wiltshire request / advertising card 3. Katharine House Gallery - The Parade - Marlborough - Wiltshire 1984 uncredited Private View invitation for Henry Pim & John Wragg exhibition 4. Libanus Press - 1986 booklet introducing books for 1986/7 with cover engraving by Richard Shirley Smith & vignette engraved by Peter Forster for Plato's Symposium. 5. 1986 Chippenham Wiltshire Wedding invitation (Matthew Hatchwell to Denise Bethel) on Arches paper - Uncredited, but clearly the work of the Libanus Press. 6. 1987 Order Form for "In That Place" 7. Libanus Press Book List for 1986 (with loosely inserted order form and list of forthcoming books) 8. Books From Libanus Press 1987 (with loosely inserted order form) 9. Libanus Press Books 1988 / 1989 (Folder… Read More

Very Good condition. Admission ticket / Invitation, with ink name "Dr G.D. Parkes".

Rare original single-sheet Motor Car Driving Licence dated 10th September 1910. Issued under the Motor Car Act, 1903 by Nottingham County Council to Charles Hunt of Edwinstowe Stables, and valid for a period of twelve months. Very Good condition.

58pp. + 2pp advertisements. Good+ condition with occasional marks to prelims (and ink hand-correction to publisher's advertising leaf). The acetate front wrapper very thin and with repair to two edges. Back wrapper not preserved. SIGNED by the author on the half title in ink and with message. The named recipient Richard Phené Spiers FSA, FRIBA then presents the book to A.E Haywood, and himself signs. A further ink note on the original 'acetate' wrapper by the author. A 'Social Satire'. e.g. 'The Boy Thought bankers were great philanthropists'; The Boy thought that on the whole he preferred dirty to clean hands', etc. on a variety of subjects.James Stanley Little (1856–1940); author and editor. Lectured in London and the provinces on South Africa and Imperial Federation.Richard Phené Spiers FSA, FRIBA (English architect, author, and educator, 1838-1916)

UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 2021 with complete numberline 1-10 to copyright page. Very Good+ clean tight condition, in Very Good+ original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price ÂŁ14.99). Signed by the author to a tipped-in title page, with no dedication or other inscriptions.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2021.